| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | AIR FORCE ONE (1997) |
| Director | Wolfgang Petersen |
| Writer | Andrew W. Marlowe |
| Lead Actor | Harrison Ford |
| Cast | Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close |
| Genre | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Release Date | July 25, 1997 (United States) |
| Duration | 2h 4m (124 min) |
| Budget | $85 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | 6.5/10 |
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AIR FORCE ONE was summer’s self-indulgent, great American fantasy movie. Not only do we triumph over some of our more nightmarish post Cold War enemies but nearly all of us look good doing it.
The president looks especially good, here played by Harrison Ford, the quintessential straight ahead American hero, successor to Gary Cooper, James Stewart and the Duke John Wayne. Ford is the U.S. president as action hero, enduring physical punishment and dishing it out, literally flying the flagship of state (Air Force One) through a sky full of hazards.
He also stands up, in the hairiest circumstances, for the American family not just in easy speeches but while a very scary foreign terrorist threatens to blow away his wife (Wendy Crewson) and adolescent daughter (Liesel Matthews). The office hasn’t received a whole lot of respect in recent decades in either movies or “reality,” but One continues the tribute implicit in the glorious victory of the president-hero in last year’s Independence Day.
The glow carries over to others. For example, back in the organized chaos of the White House war room, the female vice president (Glenn Close) doesn’t slug it out with the terrorists but has to make enough courageous, gut-check decisions to emerge as co-hero. (Some of the other generals and politicians are more routinely self-serving.) The net effect is to make you feel good about the United States, which is nice but can also lead to pride and arrogance. If you need a gulp of red white and blue euphoria, get it here.
It’s a high voltage plot:
The first family, and scores of aides and press, are hostages in the world’s most famous 747 with the fate of millions at stake. Is it credible? What isn’t these days? Here, Russian nationalists, led by a resolute Kazak fanatic (convincing Gary Oldman), hijack the jet as it leaves Moscow.
As the situation settles into suspense mode, the hijackers take a long while to realize the prez himself is still on board, trying to lead a rescue from below decks. He had promised never to “give in” to terrorism, but in this crisis he proves to be human. Director Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot, In the Line of Fire) is a genuine talent and makes the film work on many levels, from the physical (the plane’s mostly imagined interior design and high tech gear, the aerial and interior action, the dazzling parachute escape of many of the hostages) to the psychological and moral.
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